Newcomers but with expanding database. I trade here mostly SMART, LTC and EXCL.

Other Chains to Work?

Ethereum has exchanges on its chain and NEO is coming with one too. WAVES, LISK also have something in the pocket. Bitcoin also has some decentralized spots but currently, only Bitshares has volumes on decentralized spots and good working system. Try their DEX and see yourself as registration is free and easy. Also BTS is based on similar code as STEEM so us Steemians should support it.

Centralized NoID Exchanges

Of course, for now, we cannot live without centralized spots and these ones work and don't need verifications.

BiBox - Another Chinese spot with some unique ICOs and popular tokens [FIRST TIME MENTIONED BY ME AFTER TESTING - TRY NOW]

You should definitely report back your experiences. I've been thinking of using it for some time. The decentralized model is simply superior to the centralized model used by most exchanges, but moving all my coins over from Bittrex just sounds like a hassle lol.

No. Bitshares will not see any increase in activity due to Local Bitcoins new policy. Reason being is Local Bitcoins is an online hookup for fiat/btc relationships. bitshares is not. none of the decentralized exchanges will be either. you gotta have bitcoin already to enter bitshares, or EtherDelta. So most likely Local Bitcoins will either pop up on the Dark Net or EOSIO when it goes live in June. It's just a hookup site. The actual transaction doesn't go through their system. It goes through the bitcoin network. Just my two cents!

What you said actually makes a lot of sense. I'm still bullish on BitShares though but more so on EOS because I think we will see and application like BitShares on top of EOS pretty quickly after launch.

Great article and very informative, thanks for sharing. I've smashed the upvote button for you!

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As cryptos grow in aceptance and volume, there is more fight to control their anonimity and centralization from the traditional economy. It happened with music, music and books and they could not stop decentralized exchange. It will happen de same. Anonimouus DEX markets will start getting bigger as others introduce KYC rules and start reducing their volumens.

As much as I understand the use of a KYC most of these sites don’t really need it I don’t see why they want your Personal information and why it must be such a manual process why not use something like civic coin to authenticate users this is crypto so why not support projects in the space that can help

Some of the major exchanges are now asking for KYC. I guess by 2021, no crypto blockchain exchanges will be decentralized, unless stored in private wallets. or just like Bitcoin, some unknown person comes up with an exchange based on a technology that nobody can track or block.

I won’t say that it’s not secure but it’s definitely not easy to use. I always prefer easier options which can be used without any major issue. One such option for me is XefoCoin, it is absolutely based around making life easier for investor.

Not only they will have XefoCoin Card, which will allow anyone to convert the coins into local currency, but also will allow it to be used for shopping, coffee shops and all those stuff.

The ICO is running in unbelievably solid way with the price just $0.06 and on top of it, one is able to get 35% bonus, so that really makes it an epic option. https://xefocoin.io/

Bitshares is simply to use and i love its exchange the only one problem might be its volume which i suppose will grow over time.
There is simply no better DEX where you can put all of your coins and not have to worry about them :)

Because they can... and because they are not a real distributed platform... =)

This will bring more attention to DEXes too, in the sense of... "they" (the regulators) will try to enforce DEXes to also do KYC/AML, and then it is when things will start to heat up and be interesting... because if the code get's spoofed by anti-criminal laws without the "consent" of the community.. then I would say that that code is NO more... due the simple fact of how distributed open source software works, and how decentralization inhibit the common laws to simply apply.